Picture-frame.



H. DAVIDOFF.

PICTURE FRAME.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 20, 1918.

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ROBERT DAVIDOFF, on NEW YoRK, 1v. Y.

PICTURE-FRAME.

Application filed June 20, 1918. Serial No. 240,947.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT DAVIDOFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pictare-Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a picture frame and consists essentially of a stationary sup porting stand or figure capable of removably supporting the frame proper.

The invention is susceptible of concrete embodiment in a great variety of forms, and in the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a front elevational View of a form of the invention in which the conventional figure of Columbia is represented;

Fig. 2 is a similanview in which the conventional form of Uncle Sam is represented; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary rear elevational view of a portion of the frame proper and the hand for supporting the upper portion of such frame.

Referring to the drawings, 10 denotes a suitable base such as a slab or block having a vertical slot 11 near one end thereof.

Mounted upon the base 10 is a suitable figure, such as Columbia in Fig. 1, or Uncle Sam in Fig. 2, each of these figures being denoted by the numeral 12.

The frame proper preferably consists of a shield 13 having a central orifice 14 of suitable shape for the representation of the picture to be displayed. The orifice 14 is shown as being of oval configuration.

It will be noted that in both Figs. 1 and 2, the right hand of the figure 12 is shown as depending at the side of the figure, the fingers being turned toward the observer and the thumb lying adjacent the lower limb of the figure. This arrangement is adopted because the depending hand of the figure 19. serves to cooperate in holding the shield 13 in position. At its lower end the shield 13 is provided with a pin 15 which is designed ate its ends so that when it is moved into engaging position it will accommodate the thumb 12 The device is used as follows :To remove the shield 13 constituting the frame holder from the figure 12 the latch 16 is freed from the pin 19 and allowed to drop into the position shown i11.Fig. 3 whereupon the pin 15 may be moved out of the slot 11 and the upper edge of the shield slid from under the hand 12 in figure 12. To reposition the frame or shield 13 the upper edge of the shield is first engaged with the hand 19. then the pin 15 inserted in the slot 11 and the keeper 16 hooked over the stud 19.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the character described, comprising a figure including a slotted base, and a depending frame supporting member, a frame having a portion engageable in the slot in the base and a second portion engageable with said depending supporting member.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a slotted base, of the representation of a human figure thereon having a depending hand adjacent to one of the lower limbs of said figure, a frame having a pin at its lower end for engagement with the slot in said base, and a latch at its upper end for engagement with the depending hand of said figure.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

ROBERT DAVIDOFF.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

